From owner-freebsd-current Tue Apr 18 18:10:18 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id SAA29120 for current-outgoing; Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:10:18 -0700 Received: from ns1.win.net (ns1.win.net [204.215.209.3]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA29114 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:10:15 -0700 Received: (from bugs@localhost) by ns1.win.net (8.6.11/8.6.9) id VAA23435 for current@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Apr 1995 21:12:30 -0400 From: Mark Hittinger Message-Id: <199504190112.VAA23435@ns1.win.net> Subject: Re: DAT tape problems (fwd) To: current@FreeBSD.org Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 21:12:30 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 577 Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > From: Douglas Ambrisko > > This dummy file fix is usually and indicator that you are using the > tape device wrong. Most tape drivers (if not all?) are fixed block. I agree with this generally but in my case it is due to a problem with the rewind/eject logic of the scsi driver. The scsi transactions for the last write/close/rewind/eject seem to be unstable for my configuration. I have worked around it but I have not had the time to actually locate the problem and correct it. Its waaaaay down on the list. Regards, Mark Hittinger bugs@win.net